Tennis should be traced back to the times of ancient Greek and Roman. It's popular at the time called "handball" things in a way that is deemed to be straightened to a rope as the net. Then use a full bag of hair sets live palms, of course, which is called the racket, then evolve into a wooden racket---- now all kinds of racket.
The sport originated in the French court, but in the tenth century, the French King Louis IV forbidden playing tennis, because he believes it's undignified for his citizen to play. However, the high demand continued popularity among the people, to the thirteenth century when Louis V prohibited again, but this time the reason is that he feels it should be the only royal family can play tennis game. In the thirteenth
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and it began popular gradually in France, the UK and other European regions. And the technique and devices have been significantly improved such as the original rope into the net was far from now. Also racket strings have been improved of their tenacity. Therefore tennis began to become more competitive in the sport, of course, began to have some bets behavior. While gambling was banned increasingly, there until the nineteenth century, it has become popular, but it is only limited to the upper class or wealthy …show more content…
The components of a tennis racquet include a handle, known as the grip, connected to a neck which joins a roughly elliptical frame that holds a matrix of tightly pulled strings.
As a modern material carbon fibre are use extensively in making the most of professional racquets. It's keep racquet lightweight and stiff and also benefit for those player who's playing longtime matches. And the ball looks like baseball but smaller with green color. Typically they are made of hollow rubber with a felt coating.
manners of play
Tennis is played on flat surface, usually grass, clay or a hardcourt of concrete. The court is 78 feet(23.77m) long, and 27 feet(8.23 m) wide for singles matches and 36 ft (10.97 m) for doubles matches.
The scoring of tennis are divided into 3 parts. They are Game Set and Match. a. In the part of game the scores from zero to three points are described as "love", "fifteen", "thirty", and "forty" respectively. A set consist of a sequence of games. And so on the match consist of the sets. Anyway the result of a match is depense on how many points of each players got and the player who obtain the highest points finally the
Tennis serve Introduction to tennis Tennis is a sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.
A match is won by the first side winning two games. The first two games of a match are played to 15 points. If each side wins one game, a tiebreaker game is played to 11 points.
“The Americans dominated the global tennis racket market in 2015, accounting for a share of 49.2%. The region is expected to continue leading the market during the forecast period, with an estimated 51.21% market share in 2020.” (Business Wire)
It is said that in 1949, Sobek and a partner began playing with a paddle and combined the rules of handball and squash to play what they called “paddle racquets.” He then decided to change from a paddle to a racquet itself using a tennis racquet as a model. He made 25 to sell to his friends to start the sport. There was one problem though; there were faults in the ball. Sobek then found a Spalding ball made for children that work well. He bought a lot of them and sold him to his friends in 1950 to keep his sport from dwindling out. Sobek eventually started his own company to make his own ball to his exact specifications for the game.
offshoots of it were created and played in London by a man named Spratt. The first versions are thought to be very similar to the current game that is widely played. The first ball however, was hard and made from wood, making it difficult to hit. Nowdays, it is often made of nylon. It is thought that the sport excelled and grew in popularity because it accepted both male and female players, wh...
John McEnroe changed tennis forever by expressing his emotions on court, in the announcers box, and within the rules of the sport. Before: Lawn tennis was the original name for tennis, which came from Britain, where Victorian men and women played on grass courts. Tennis was a sport of class that was reserved for the most wealthy folks. Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce. Because of its rich history, tennis has been seen as a wealthier sport.
Along with popularity came the need for standardized rules, tables, and equipment. Of course with the gained popularity came the "business" of billiards.
In 1599 the Europeans loved the game of tennis however, the rise of puritanism caused the game of tennis in Europe to suffer. Puritanism almost caused the game of tennis to be deserted for good. Around the 16th century people in the country of Europe was using a glove before they started using a racquet to play tennis. When they introduced the racquet in the 16th century tennis had reached its peak of popularity in Europe.
The way Morgan incorporated tennis into his game is by using a similar net; however, he raised the height to six feet and six inches off the ground. He also created this game for his fellow businessman Blain. When Morgan invented his game he came up with a set of rules, however many of his rules have been changed or there are new ones. One of the rules to this game is that before the game starts, there is a coin toss. This coin toss determines which team gets to decide who gets the serve first.
First Australian Open a hard court tournament, next the French Open, a clay court tournament. Third, Wimbledon a tournament played on grass, and lastly the US Open another hard court tournament. The hard court of the US Open is much different from the hard court surface
Serving starts each point play. The players stand on opposite ends of each other, and the person serving is called the Server and the other the Receiver. Serving must be done from behind the baseline. When serving, toss the ball in the air and hit it before it touches the ground. There is a service court that the ball must land in first only when serving. It is a square opposite end of service area. The Server becomes the Receiver, and the Receiver becomes the Server after each game. After a good service ball, the ball is in play. Play does not stop until one of the players hits the ball out of bounds, into the net, or fail to hit the ball before it bounces twice. Serving just takes practice and can be a main asset in tennis.
Hearing the loud “thump” as the ball hits the racket is extremely satisfying, especially if your life now revolves around this fast-paced and exhilarating sport. Tennis is an outdoor game played by two individuals or pairs of players on a clay or grass court that’s divided by a low net. Each game is played with tennis rackets and small, yellow elastic balls. Tennis was first introduced in Wales and the United Kingdom in 1873 by “Major Walter Wingfield” (tennistheme.com). While most sports are easy to pick up, tennis takes extreme dedication to learn how to play the game, to perfect the amount of technique it takes, as well as its great impact on one’s personal life.
Two teams of eleven players each participate in getting the ball into the other team’s goal, thus scoring a goal. The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game wins. If both teams have scored an equal number of goals, then the game is a tie. Each team is controlled by a captain. In game play, players make an effort to create goal scoring occasions through individual control of the ball, such as dribbling, passing the ball to a team-mate, and by taking shots at the goal, that is guarded by the goalkeeper belonging to the other team....
Tennis is played by many professionals all around the world. For professionals, such as Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and many others, there are four grand
Many Americans play baseball, basketball, soccer, or tennis. Many of them watch these sports on TV, and many buy tickets to their games and matches. But the average American has never even heard of competitive badminton, let alone gone to see a match. As a player myself, I can assure you that the common misconception that badminton is merely a backyard sport couldn’t be farther from the truth. Badminton began as a leisurely backyard sport and evolved to competitive sport ranging to Olympic levels.